Californians look for shade as the heat wave enters its ninth day

As California burned for an eighth straight day on Wednesday, a guy in a heat-stricken Los Angeles suburb and a mother in Pomona with two small children were among the residents anxiously looking for cool places to stay.

In the state's capital, Sacramento, and other inland regions, temperatures were predicted to reach 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Celsius), while in the Los Angeles region, they broke 100 degrees.

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